Red Meat Kills... Again... or Does it?

Just to put the NY Times article on Red Meat, TMAO and Atherosclerosis into perspective... I'd suggest avoiding seafood, not red meat, if you're overly concerned with TMAO at all (the actual clinical "danger" of TMAO is debatable). For instance, Halibut produces 107 times as much TMAO in urine samples as beef after ingestion, and in general seafood as a group is significantly higher than red meat, Figure 1 and 2.

What's in the American Gut?

I just wanted to help get the word out about the American Gut project on Indiegogo. This project is the first crowd sourced effort to map the microbiome of the gut, and this could shed light on a very little understood but very important aspect of human physiology. Sign up and provide a sample, you'll not only find out what's in your own gut (good or bad?), but you'll also be part of an international study that could possibly be the start to a significant change in our views about the Gut and it's role in our health!

Direct link:   http://igg.me/p/190072/x/1800286